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Friday, October 2, 2009

In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story--of his legendary family, politics, and fifty years at the center of national events.TRUE COMPASS

The youngest of nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, he came of age among siblings from whom much was expected. As a young man, he played a key role in the presidential campaign of his brother John F. Kennedy, recounted here in loving detail. In 1962 he was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he began a fascinating political education and became a legislator.

In this historic memoir,Ted Kennedy takes us inside his family, re-creating life with his parents and brothers and explaining their profound impact on him. or the first time, he describes his heartbreak and years of struggle in the wake of their deaths. Through it all, he describes his work in the Senate on the major issues of our time--civil rights, Vietnam, Watergate, the quest for peace in Northern Ireland--and the cause of his life: improved health care for all Americans, a fight influenced by his own experiences in hospitals.

His life has been marked by tragedy and perseverance, a love of family, and an abiding faith. There have been controversies, too, and Kennedy addresses them with unprecedented candor. At midlife, embattled and uncertain if he would ever fall in love again, he met the woman who changed his life, Victoria Reggie Kennedy. Facing a tough reelection campaign against an aggressive challenger named Mitt Romney, Kennedy found a new voice and began one of the great third acts in American politics, sponsoring major legislation, standing up for liberal principles, and making the pivotal endorsement of Barack Obama for president.

Hundreds of books have been written about the Kennedys. TRUE COMPASS will endure as the definitive account from a member of America's most heralded family, an inspiring legacy to readers and to history, and a deeply moving story of a life like no other.

Please go to the hardback giveaway site to read more about Senator Ted Kennedy and his life here.

THE GIVEAWAY

Thanks to Anna and the Hachette Book GroupI am honored to havethree copies of this phenomenal audio book to give away.

+1 ENTRY: All you need to do is comment with your email address and tell me why you would prefer to win this book as an audio book rather than the hardback version I currently have up for giveaway here.If you have no preference to which version you win, that is fine.

+1 MORE ENTRY: Blog or Tweet about this giveaway and come back here to give me the link to follow.

+1 MORE ENTRY: Follow my blog (still looking for LUCKY #500) or tell me if you already follow and how

ALL ENTRIES MUST BE IN BY6 PM, EST, OCTOBER 24--This is the same date as thehardback book giveaway ends.You can enter for both if you'd likebut will only win the one that yourname comes up for first, if it does

This one initimidates me a little bit in the hard cover form - don't know that I would make it through but I am certain I could enjoy the audiobook. Had the same reaction to Into the Wild that I just finished listening to. Thanks for hosting the giveaway! theroundfile(at)live(dot)com

I would love to have this in audio because I like to have something to listen to as I drive to and from band practice each week. I entered the other contest too (because I'd like the book in any form) but if I had to choose I'd pick the audio.